The emerging jazz ensemble Gerald Clayton Trio -- jazz pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown -- will play new compositions and jazz standards primarily from their two albums, Two-Shade (2009) and Bond: The Paris Sessions (2011). A A

Ensemble Name

Gerald Clayton Trio

Musicians

Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders and Justin Brown

Composers

Gerald Clayton, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Loesser

Program

For such young men, the members of the Gerald Clayton Trio are not afraid to dive into the jazz waters with an original concept of where their music lies in the contemporary world. At times they adapt standards, but mostly this is a program of new music that shows tradition and innovation can peacefully exist. Heralded for their "huge, authoritative presence," Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders and Justin Brown promise a night of intricate post-bop, straight-ahead original jazz.